Caret Position in a Text Field

[Bambam6235]

Hi all,

I would like to determine where the current insertion point is in a text field.

Say I had a text field that held 80 characters. I would like to display to the
user the current position of the insertion point at any point in the field.

I have found the TextRange object and have found examples of how to insert text
at a particular location. I have not been able to find a way to return a
number depicting the current location of the cursor.

Any help with this would end much frustration. Thanks in advance.

JR

[Ivo]

"Bambam6235" <ba********@aol.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I would like to determine where the current insertion point is in a text field.
I have found the TextRange object and have found examples of how to insert text at a particular location. I have not been able to find a way to return a
number depicting the current location of the cursor.

function caretPos(){
var i=document.f.txt.value.length+1;
if (document.f.txt.createTextRange){
theCaret = document.selection.createRange().duplicate();
while ( theCaret.parentElement() == document.f.txt
&& theCaret.move("character",1)==1 ) --i;
}
return i==document.f.txt.value.length+1?-1:i;
}

// assuming document.f.txt the reference to a textarea with name=txt
void('HTH')

[AJAXAvatar]

There's an excellent post here entitled "Getting/Setting the Selected Text (Caret Positions) within a Text Box in Internet Explorer and Firefox" that explains everything regarding caret positions in both browsers.

http://www.theblueform.com/Home/TheMakingOf.aspx

Pretty cool AJAX site too, they've done lots of stuff worth checking out.